NICEVILLE — Family is everything to Emily Webb.
She’s a boy mom to three: middle schoolers Liam and Grayson and 6-year-old Krew, each of whom have seemed to inherit the family’s tall genes (father, Bobby, is 6-foot-5 and Emily’s brother, Bruce, is 6-7).
She’s also a second mom to her “Throwsville’ crew at Niceville High, which includes 48 Eagle alums who’ve received college scholarships, 16 state champions, 14 state runners-up and countless medalists who’ve been the face of six state titles (five boys, one girls) for Niceville field and track.
The two families are interchangeable in her world, which has morphed into a year-round job with Webb being pulled across the country with speaking engagements, training and camp sessions with THROvacs partners Ashley and Olympian Joe Kovacs and, of course, competitions with her Eagles racking up records in the shot put, discus and javelin.
“I’m so thankful for my husband and kids and how supportive they always are about my passion for the sport,” Webb said. “My athletes are truly like family, all of them. We see each other sometimes more than we get to see family during season.”
She’s right and the results show, not just for her athletes but in her maturation as the premier high school throws coach in the U.S.
Fittingly, she’s our Daily News Coach of the Year across all sports for the second time in three years. The news reached her after returning home from watching Eagle alumna and Auburn All-American Megan Hague place eighth at nationals in the shot put and her Eagles athletes shine at the Under Armour nationals — Shelby Plasier, Charlie Perkins, Kimah Allen, Memphis Mays, Lilly Dennison and Co.
“What throws me off is I just got off the plane, so I wasn’t expecting to hear this news,” she laughed. “It’s exciting, but moreso it’s exciting for the kids. Like it’s not even really about me. I think it shows how much work my kids put in. It shows they trusted the process, because obviously I don’t get to where I’m at without kids that want to get there themselves.”
Her next generation of athletes includes Liam and Grayson, who Webb never forced into the sport. It would be their decision and their decision alone, she said from the start.
Now they’re begging for weekend morning training sessions.
“My kids love this lifestyle,” she said. “I mean, the cool thing is is my kids have been a part of this since they’ve been little. I mean, I started coaching when I was pregnant with my second son and Liam was 1. Now Liam and Grayson are both going into middle school with me and they’re both starting to throw.
“I’ve never wanted to be the parent that was like, ‘You have to do this.’ But they’re so excited to do it. And it’s exciting because that brings us even closer together because we get to do it together. Krew’s out there, too. Like last Sunday, they were like, ‘Let’s go out and get donuts and go throw.’ I’m like, ‘You know what? That sounds like a great Sunday morning.’ “
Of course even Webb deserves time outside of the throwing ring. She and her three boys will depart for Ohio, her home state, this week for their annual 10-day trip. They’re assured to take advantage of the “Roller Coaster Capital of the World,” which is fitting considering Webb’s current thrillride of a life.
This article originally appeared on Northwest Florida Daily News: Niceville’s Emily Webb is the Daily News 2025-2026 Coach of the Year
Reporting by Seth Stringer, Northwest Florida Daily News / Northwest Florida Daily News
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